Here, Wright has a little fun alluding to the Gotterdammerung, the Twilight of the Gods, spelling "God" backward, and directly challenging Wallace Stevens's famous passage from his poem "Sunday Morning": "Death is the mother of beauty.

More sick as a parrot than over the moon, I took my place in the crowd - sorry, audience - for Gotterdammerung (The Twilight of the Gods to you and me) - the marathon, six-hour conclusion to Wagner's Ring Cycle.

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